SCOTT REED AND ALL WHO AGREE WITH HIM: Let me first state my credentials: RN, BSN Chemical Dependency Certified. Transmission of diseases such as HIV/AIDS is no where near stretching it. It's actually limiting it. Please don't forget HepC, Herpes, Chlamydia, Lice/Crabs, Syphilis, H Papilloma Virus, Genital Warts, Gonorrhea and the ones undiscovered. See, it goes like this: Drug and or alcohol use in itself lowers your physical resistance to disease and to fight off foreign invaders. The more chronic and multiple the use, the lower the resistance. On top of that, when under the influence of ANY of these drugs one's resistance to engage in sexual activity (not just in itself but the types of sexual activity as well - rough sex, anal sex, etc..) can be considerably lowered. Cap this all off with the fact that birds of a feather flock together - in other words people who are chronic drinkers, drugers and sexual cavorters tend to hang in the same social circles or areas. (The local bar for one example, or Jane Doe frequently has great parties house for another example.) Are you following me here so far Scott? So we have all these people of low resistance together. Let's throw in some IV drug users just for the heck of it because they are out there. Scramble it all up with people who are not in their right mind most of the time. People who's physical and mental defenses are low hanging in a group that has one of the HIGHEST INCIDENCES of HIV/AIDS in this day and age. (No Scott Reed it's no longer homosexuals - the have become fully educated and pretty much got it figured out). So, if after this explanation of how Morphine use can lead to misuse can lead to HIV/AIDS think again. Drug users (not just IV drug users by themselves but all drug users cumulatively) along with alcoholics (So say addicts in general) make up one of the largest growing populations of new HIV/AIDS patients that we have today. I know this because I got hired to teach the class on it by my hospital. (By the way this is all proven and factual - take any of the key words here and look them up and you will find studies, statistics, etc..).  So, if you think it's really stretching it, you might just think again. And it never hurts to get tested!